Month: January 2024

[ad_1] Undisputed super bantamweight boxing champion Naoya Inoue is set to fight Mexico's Luis Nery at Tokyo Dome on May 6, U.S. sports channel ESPN reported Wednesday. Mike Tyson had his world heavyweight title bouts in 1988 and 1990 at Tokyo Dome, one of Japan's largest indoor stadiums. Earlier in January, the head of Inoue's gym, Hideyuki Ohashi, admitted to being in talks with Nery's team on the Japanese star's […]

[ad_1] If you want peace, prepare for war, was the Roman maxim.Following that injunction the U.S. maintains its place as first among superpower equals, even if it is no longer the hyperpower that it was in the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But with its depleted armed forces unprepared to fight a major war, or perhaps any kind of war, on its own, Europe (Brexit Britain included) […]

[ad_1] Japan’s lunar lander touched down 55 meters east of its target on the moon’s surface on Saturday, despite losing one of its main engines during its final descent, the nation’s space agency said Thursday.The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) had aimed to land within 100 meters of a target site, much more precise than the several to tens-of-kilometers range seen in conventional lunar missions.“We […]

[ad_1] Haneda Airport will introduce new electronic stands for foreign travelers to streamline immigration and customs, in a move to drive inbound tourism. The new stands will allow for speedier entry into the country.A roughly two-month trial run using 10 of the stands, which can capture facial images and scan fingerprints and passports, will begin at one of the country's busiest airports on Jan. 31.The service is expected to be […]

[ad_1] Pokemon imitator and smash hit Palworld may have flown too close to the sun. On Jan. 25, less than a week after Palworld released to immediate and overwhelming success, The Pokemon Company released a statement titled “Inquiries Regarding Other Companies’ Games.” “We have received many inquiries regarding another company’s game released in January 2024,” the statement says. “We have not granted any permission for the use of Pokemon intellectual […]

[ad_1] London – In Britain, Japanese novels in English translation are experiencing a boom in popularity among a new generation, with word-of-mouth on social media driving book sales.Trends on social media platforms such as TikTok — where members of the "BookTok" community recommend and theorize about their favorite books, genres and authors — have inspired young Britons to seek out more works translated from other languages.Yet among these, novels reflecting […]